The workshop will be held at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center. (The Huntsville Times/Bob Gathany)

The workshop will be held at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, with limited seating. Registration ends on Monday.

Business and government officials from across the country are expected to attend, but organizers hope to have a strong attendance from local industry leaders. The hope is that one of the future centers will be located in Huntsville to collaborate with aerospace, automotive and other industries, according to William Killingsworth, director of the Office for Enterprise Innovation at UAH's Research Institute.

"What goes on in Huntsville with the Army, NASA, Boeing, Lockheed and Raytheon is that each of these organizations are responsible for manufacturing that involves many, many, many companies," he said last month. "Bringing those companies into a highly complex network I think would be very valuable for manufacturing overall in the country and our local industry here."